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Correspondence SectionADMINISTRATIVE SE C TION CITY OF 690 COULTER DRIVE · P.O. BOX 147 · CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937-1900 · FAX (612) 937-5739 December 16, 1996 Mr. Earl Erickson, President Chanhassen Lions 6341 Minnewashta Woods Drive Excelsior, MN 55331 Dear Earl: Happy Holidays! I would like to update the Chanhassen Lions on our ongoing cooperative projects. Lions Field - Lake Ann Park The City Council awarded the contract for lighting ballfields #4 and #5 on September 23. Electrical Installation and Maintenance of Maple Plain is the contractor. Excessively wet field conditions this fall forced them to wait until freeze up before commencing work. All underground conduit is now in place. Footings for the light towers are being augured and poured. Work will continue into January and February with light poles being delivered and erected and wiring completed. Spectator seating improvements will be completed next spring. I will have design alternatives for the Lions Field Dedication Monument prepared after the first of the year. Please let me know ifI can be scheduled on a future meeting agenda to present these alternatives. Upon selection of a monument by the Lions, I will coordinate its delivery and installation. The monument sign will then await unveiling until the dedication of the field this spring. Lions Playground - Chanhassen Recreation Center As you know, this is a two-part project. Approximately $25,000 worth of landscaping improvements need to be completed prior to installation of the playground apparatus. The landscaping is a City project, (see attached bidform). We solicited bids for this work late Chanhassen Lions 12/17/96 Page 2 this fall. The proposals received were unacceptable and thus rejected. The work will be re- bid in February or March. The second phase of this project is the selection, ordering, and installation of the "Lions" Playground Apparatus. I will contact Lions Ed Ginsbach and Lowell Vetter in January to initiate the selection process. I have enclosed a timetable for both the Lake Ann Park and Chanhassen Recreation Center projects. Earl, I hope your presidency has progressed smoothly. The City of Chanhassen looks forward to a continued partnership with the Chanhassen Lions. Wannest regards in this holiday season. Sincerely, Todd Hoffman, CLP Park and Recreation Director TH:ns Mayor and City Council ',,,'Park and Recreation Commission Don Ashworth, City Manager Mr. Lowell Vetter Mr. Ed Ginsbach g:kparkklh\lion sltr 12.12 LIONS FIELD LAKE ANN COMMUNITY PARK PROJECT SCHEDULE Sept. 23 Dec. Jan. Feb/March April May 1996 1996 1997 1997 1997 1997 City Council Awards Contract Underground Conduit Placed, Light Tower Footings Constructed Wire Distribution System Set Poles and Illuminaries Test Systems Dedication of"Lions" Field BUDGET 98,000 2,000 107,000 207,000 Chanhassen Lions Club Chanhassen American Legion City of Chanhassen Total Project *Lions paid 24,000 on June 28, 1996, 24,000 due on or before June 28, 1997, 24,000 due on or before June 28, 1998, 26,000 due on or before June 28, 1999. 150,000 Lights 18,000 Design and Engineering 6,800 Monument Sign 5,500 Retaining Walls 3,000 Bleachers 2,000 Landscaping 2,000 Grading 1,500 Asphalt 18,200 Contingency 207,000 gSpark\th~ionsfldschedule LIONS PLAYGROUND CHANHASSEN RECREATION CENTER PROJECT SCHEDULE January/February February/March April/May May June 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 Order Lions Playground Apparatus Bid Landscape Work Complete Landscaping and Sitework Install Playground Apparatus Dedication of Lions Playground BUDGET *26,OO0 26,000 52,000 Chanhassen Lions Club City of Chanhassen Total Project * 11,000 contributed in 1995 plus 15,000 contributed in 1996. 24,000 24,000 4,000 52,000 Lions Playground Apparatus Landscaping and Sitework Contingency g:\park\th\lionsplygmdsched SITE/LANDSCAPE BID FORM Chanhassen Recreation Center Play Area Chanhassen, MN Thc undeeiigned, . . as bidder, proposes and agrees to furnish ali labor, materials, equipment and supplies to complctely constxuct th~ site and landscaping for Chanhassen Recreation Center Play Area. Chanhassen, MN, as listed in this form and in accordance with thc plans and specifications prepaid for the work by Hoisington Keegler Group for the following unit and lump sum prices. NO 1TEM QTY UNIT I Modular Block Retaining Wall 580 FF. 12 4" Colored Conct~: Patio w/Sand Base 360 S.F, $' Scoring Pattern 3 4' Concrete Walk w/sand Ba.se 1285 S.F. 2 1/2' Scoring Pa~rn 4 Relocate 2.5' cal.Crabapple trees on site 5 EA. 5 Sodding and providing and spreading 4' of Topsoil 775 S.Y. 6 Planting B~ Soil Mis 11 C.Y. ? Lower Catch Basin I L.S. 8 Remove Excess Subgrade from Site 30 C.Y. 9 Grading/Excavating I L.S. 10 2' class 160PVC Sleeving under sidewalk 21 L.F. 1 !6' Wood Bench (NIC) 3 EA. 12 4'x4' Picnic Table (NIC) 3 EA. 13 Wood Mulch CIVIC) 5 C.Y. 14 Parennials (NIC) a. Andropogon gerardi #1 Potted 22 EA Big Bluestem b. Andropogon scopat~ous # 1 Potted 13 EA Little Bluestem c. Echinaceapurpurea 'Bright Star' #1 Potted 37 EA Purple Con, flower d. Helenium autunmale # 1 Potted 29 EA Common Sneez~weed ¢. Rudbeckiafulgida 'Goldaturm' #1 Potted 20 EA Bla~k-eyed Susan f. Sedum Spectabile 'Autumn Jo),' #1 Potted 37 EA Autumn Joy Sedum g. Sporobolus heterolepis # 1 Potted 14 EA Prairie Dropseed h. Trade~cantia vlrginiana #1 Potted 16 EA Spiderwon L Liatris spicata # 1 Potled 11 EA Kobold Liatris j. Daffodil #1 Potted 400 EA King Alfred Daffodil SUNIT $ - S - $ - $ . S S $ $ $ $ $ S S 15 Slu'ubs (NIL-') Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer' #5 Potted Anthony Waterer Spirea 10 EA TOTAL $ AMOUNT $ S - $ $ $ $ - $ $ $ - $ - S . $ $ $ Page P - I Proposal Form CI'TY OF 690 COULTER DRIVE · P.O. BOX 147 · CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937-1900 · FAX (612) 937-5739 January 10, 1996 Mr. Mike Klingelhutz 7940 Airport Road Waconia, MN 55387 Dear Mike: Thank you for stopping by the office yesterday to establish a 1997 rental agreement for the Bandimere Farm property. As agreed, you can act as the named leasee on the 24 acres of agricultural land in retum for a cash payment of $1,200. You will maintain control of the property under this lease until Sunday, August 31, 1997. If the City of Chanhassen wishes to terminate your lease prior to August 31, the following escape clause will apply. If the City of Chanhassen wishes to commence construction of Bandimere Community Park prior to August 31, 1997, it shall meet the following two conditions: 1. Release leasee from cash payment obligation. 2. Reimburse leasee $250 in "input" costs. Mike, the City of Chanhassen is pleased to be able to continue our relationship. Good luck with the 1997 crop. SincexZely, Todd Hoffrnan, CLP Park and Recreation Director C: Mayor and City Council ,,4~k and Recreation Commission Don Ashworth, City Manager Park and open space systems are es- sential to controlling sprawl and creat-' lng livable communities. These ribbons of green bring city dwellers close to nature, and can allow natural processes to continue functioning even systems can be made from a combina- tion of public and private open spaces, connected in a functioning network. Public Open Space Any city that wants to control sprawl should rethink its park and recreation plan. Many readers of this newsletter are familiar with the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes and the Minnehaha Parkway. I grew up in an mcr-ring suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, that had valleys were protected - back in the teens and 20s - in continuous corri- dors many miles long. The neighbor- hoods around these corridors are quite dense, but there is a little bit of nature right down the street, as the compul- sion to move to the country is greatly reduced. Even when urban decay drives middle and upper class families out of surroundhg areas, they cling to the neighborhoods around those greenways, and the result can be seen in the patterns of property values and the continuous stream of joggers, walkers and bicyclists. Wondcrfifl greenways and park sys- lems like these were created in may cities in. the late 1800s and early 1900s. But the idea was abandoned after the 1920s, and by the 1950s, city parks had become mostly fiat grassy playgrounds or even paved multi-use sites. The epitome of this type of ~/nking was the practice of filling ravines and floodplains with trash and promising residents that when the landfill was completed and a fiat sur~ face created, it would be made into a "park." Never mind that a ravine with a trail along it would make a much more interesting park that a grassed- over lundfill. The guidelines of the National Rec- reation and Park Association (NRPA), commonly used by local park boards, tend to reinforce the idea that parks are unconnected and unrelated to the natu- ral features of the land. The guide- lines started as a way to make sure that enough parkland was being provided per city resident. They list parks by size, ~ype (neighborhood, regional, etc.) population served, and distance traveled. Thc types of parks listed are mostly active recreation areas, such as playgrounds or ball fields. Natural parks are considered at the regional level, but not at thc city or neighbor- hood level. William H Whyte comments on this in The Last Landscape ( 1968): "Unfortunately, a by-product of the formula approach [as in the NRPA guidelines] is the notion, now fu'mly embedded in planning d%tnna, that there is a hierarchy of spaces - small spaces for neighborhoods, bigger spaces for towns and cities, and so on up to very, very big spaces for regions. · . . Such distinctions are utterly un- realistic." Just how embedded that notion became is illustrated by the quote from the textbook, Urban Geography by Ray Northam (1975): "State and national park systems are more influenced by unique or outstanding features of the natural environment...The urban area likely does not include these features, but still the need for recreation exists and is provided for by urban park sys- tems, comprised of different functional orders." The "functional orders" are a series of disconnected rectangles. In a system like this, it is easy to see why the urban area does not have any out- standing natural features: they have all been bulld.0zed, p~<ved, and .c~l. V~. system. Hcre, many types of local and regional parks;' picnic' areas, r ball features.. The dty has an open space system, not just a collection of parks. [Anyone interested in readin~ park systems and their relationship to around them should get August Heck- sctdcr' s book, Open Spaces: the Life of A burgeoning greenway movement is again recoiling the value of con- netted cor~idom, partly because the money is no longer there for buying large tracts of more buildable property, and partly because of the great recrea- tional and environmental benefits of greenways (Greonvays for AmedCa, ~ Charles Littel, 1989). Stewardship Project, based in White BearLake, Minnesota 5 ' Thanks to all the Senior Volunteers in 1996, we couldn't make it without your efforts and service!!! Bunny Billison- Senior Commission / Senior Linkage Line Volunteer. Also participates in Saturday Night Specials, movies and special events. She also volunteers time to help prepare for special events at the Senior Center. Betty Bragg- Senior Linkage Line Volunteer. Also participates in trips. Dale Geving- Senior Commission. Also participates in Men's Club, woodcarving, and trips. Barb Headla- Senior Commission. Also participates in trips, biking and bingo. She also delivers the food shelf donations from the Senior Center to the CAP Agency in Shakopee. Selda Heinlein- Senior Commission. Also participates in CHAN-o-laires, Saturday Night Specials, trips, and movies. Mel Herrmann- Senior Linkage Line Volunteer. Also participates in Card Club, bingo and special events. Al Herzog- Senior Advisory Board. Also participates in Saturday Night Specials, trips and Men's Club. Sherol Howard-Senior Commission / Senior Linkage Line Volunteer. Also participates in bingo, Saturday Night Specials, trips, woodcarving, movies, and crafts. Larry Klein- Men's Club Co-Chairman. Also participates in trips, special events and walking club. Betty Klein - Women's Club Chairman. Also participates in crafts, trips, CHAN-o-laires, walking club and special events. Jane Kubitz- Senior Commission. Also participates in crafts, special events, and trips. Jackie Kurvers - CHAN-o-laires Coordinator. Also participates in trips, special events and Saturday Night Specials. Mel Kurvers- Senior Advisory Board Treasurer. Also participates in Men's Club, Saturday Night Specials and trips. Marietta Littfin- Craft and Decorations Coordinator. Also participates in Women's Club, trips, Saturday Night Specials, CHAN-o- laires, movies and exercise, and Book Club. Jean Larson - Book Club Coordinator. Also participates in trips. Marilyn Luthy- Senior Linkage Line Volunteer. Also participates in Women's Club, crafts, Book Club, movies, trips and bowling. Dorthy Mclntyre- Sunshine Lady. Also participates in Cards, trips, CHAN-o-laires, and Saturday Night Specials. Doris Nikolai - CHAN-o-laires Music Coordinator. She also participates in trips and special events. Albin Olson- Senior Commission and Senior Advisory Board Vice President. Also participates in bridge, Men's Club, woodcarving, trips and Saturday Night Specials. Marion Peck - CHAN-o-laires Director. Marge Place- Senior Linkage Line Volunteer. Also participates in bingo and Book Club. Fred Prinz- Senior Advisory Board President/Senior Linkage Line Volunteer. Also participates in Men's Club, Saturday Night Specials, and offers several hours a month volunteering at the Senior Center. Wayne Salsibury - Senior Linkage Line Volunteer. Viola Scharrer - Senior Advisory Board. Also participates in Women's Club, crafts, CHAN-o-laires, movies, trips and special events. Donna Smith - Pianist for the CHAN-o-laires. Joy Smith - Senior Advisory Board and Bridge Club Coordinator. Also participates in CHAN-o-laires, Hand N Foot, bowling, special events and trips. Hib Smith - Bridge Club Coordinator. Also participates in CHAN-o-laires, bowling and special events. Marlin Stene-Men's Club Chairman. Also participates in CHAN-o-laires, and trips. Marion Stultz- Senior Linkage Line Volunteer. Also participates in Card Club, CHAN-o-laires, Saturday Night Specials and trips. Jean Tischleder- Senior Advisory Board Secretary. Also participates in crafts, CHAN-o-laires, trips, movies, bowling, Saturday Night Specials and Women's Club. Shirley Wellner- Senior Advisory Board President. Also participates in Women's Club, bridge, crafts, bowling, movies, and trips. Louis Zakariason- Woodcarving Instructor. Also participates in Saturday Night Specials and trips. Thank you so much for all the extra work and effort you have made to make the Senior Center a huge success!! Kitty, Sharmin and I look forward to another exciting year in 1997. Senior Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast Chanhassen Senior Center January 16, 1997 Fall/Winter 1996-97 Stakeholder Representatives ~ Government. Ja~is Ca~lison ~eer, ~ DuE~ ~m~, J~n Cunning~m Re~ ~mmu~, ~ ~ ~h~ Go~mmen~ ~e L~ Sch~l S~, ~a~ Lou Jean ~d~b. Jake Young Adu~ ~Eg Ra~ Yo~ ~ms, ~t~ 19:31 HERHAH HAHCIHO COMMUNITY 924-3232 Ad~4sors John Babbs, James Berbee, Berbee Dr. ~le Blah, Seamh institute Co~nce Dove-Clover, G~t ~sor ~r~ Donlin, Foyer M~r of Dr. ~n D~yer, Con~ka,~t ~n K~i~ ~to. o[ MCES ~ ~n, Judge, Hennepin Ed Oliver, MN State Sena[or N Qu~, Fo~er Gcvem3r Ric~r~ Se~e~ ~f. M~nne~o~ Poice ~l[men ~mpson. HealthS~tem Foundation ~rb S~ko~. MN Sta~e Re~ms~'.al~ve ~a~ ~bomfno, Hewn. C~. ~m~ssio3er Ju~ T~eub, Youth Ma~ THppler, Esq, Ric~r~ Young, Chief. ~th ~ Pctice Promoting the Positive Development of Our Youth in a Community-Wide Partnership Together with Families I Ill nlm I ABOUT 100 CITIZENS ATTEND TOWN MEETINGS ;sen Villager. Exceisior Bay Times, and Sun Sailor have recently prey!deal excellent media '""' verage on the "Teen Cafe" idea that has .~en developed and promoted by Minnetonka High School students since August, 1995. Karta Berg, Staff Writer for the Sun Sailor wrote in the November 20 edition of the Sun Sailor. "The vision of a Teen Cafe began with Barb Anderson, Amanda 8loomgren, Kelly Phillips, Jenny Schultz, and Jake Sturgis. Then sophomores, the group envisioned a safe place for Minnetonka School District high-schoolers to spend time. 'We want to offer another option,' said Bloomgren as she described possibly locating the cafe near the intersec- tion of Highways 7 and 101 in Minnetonka, or in a location in Excelsior." Students from all public, private, and home schools are needed to make this teen vision a reality. Interested youth, businesses, or citizens should contact Jake at 476-6872 or Kelly at 470-0783 or on the Internet at: teencafe@minnetonka.org. ~r About The Promise and Hope of Asset Building" was the theme for two Town :ings held in April and October of this year. Our Community, Our Youth citizen volun- teer presented information pertaining to the Minnesota student survey that was adminis- I to all 6th, 9th and 12th public school grade students dudng the 1995 school year. Attendees of both town meetings participated in small discussion groups to respond to survey results and to learn about the Asset Building approach researched by ti~e Search Institute of Minneapolis, Through an asset building questionnaire those present at the town meeting rated our community as being strongest in the areas of: neighborhoods are places of caring. support, and safety; youth have opportunities to serve, lead, and make decisions: religious institutions mobilize their resources to build assets both within their own programs and in the community; the community-wide commitment to asset building is long-term and sustained. Thank you to Minnetonka Baptist Church for so graciously hosting the town meetings sponsored by Our Community, Our Youth. LAW ENFORCEMENT NEWS BRIEF The Minnetonka Police Department participated in the city of Minnetonka Open House held on October 8, 1996. Youth and parents were treated to the many different aspects of city operations. Police depart- ment employees handed out candy and Halloween candy bags. The bags contained safety tips for tdck or treaters. Youth were also shown the 911 dispatch center, the jail, squad cars, and given a police K-9 demon- stration. This was a great time for parents to bond with their children and others in the community, Submitted by Jeff Sebenaler, Law Enforcement Stakeholder. ~r Community, Our Youth is a self-funded community coalition in the cities of Minnetonka, Woodland. Deephaven. Shorowood, Greenwood, Excelsior, Tonka Bay, Victoria. Chanhassen, and Eden Prairie. Thanks to HealthSystem Foundation. Lutheran Brotherhood. and all of our individual scpp0dors who have funded this newsletter and other asset building group activities. CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED!Il! On an ongoing basis we need to raise funds to continue our community asset building focus, Dudng our first 2-1/2 years, we have sus- tained our work with contributions from many citizens, a Lutheran Brotherhood matching grant and a HealthSystem Foundation grant. Our Community, Our Youth is an all volunteer, non profit corpora- tJon and your c_ontributions are tax deduct- ible. Donations can be sent to Carl Zinn, 5820 Ridge Road, Shorewood, MN 55331. We will proudly list business names on all of our communication pieces. Checks made payable to Our Community, Our Youth. Thank You. Chanhassen Park and Recreation After Action Report Dates of Event: Floor Hockey September 23 - November 20, (Mondays & Wednesdays), 8 weeks, 3:50 -5:00 p.m., Fall 1996 Description: Outcome: The program consisted of eight weeks of fundamentals and games in the Recreation Center Gym. The program was led by two Recreation Center staff members The program was open to kids in grades 1-2 and 3-5. The program went well. Enrollment was thirteen out of a maximum 24 for grades 1-2 and fifteen out of a maximum 24 for grades 3-5. We would strongly suggest having two people supervising the younger age group. The feedback was positive from parents and the kids. Recommendation: Take a break in spring and summer of 1997 and offer again in fall and winter of 1997/98. Have the program run for 6 weeks rather than the previous 8 week session. Expenditure: Revenue: 1 leader ~ 10 hrs. @ $8.75 1 leader ~ 10 hrs. ~ $8.50 13 Participants ~ $15.00 15 Participants ~ $15.00 $87.50 $85.OO $172.50 $195.00 $225.00 $420.00 Net Gain: $247.50 Youth Commission Minutes December 8, 1996 Held at the house of Anna Bleck The meeting was called to order by Kathy Wellens. Those present included Kathy Wellens, Jeanne Straus, Anna Bleck, Steve Floe, Shannon Siegfried, Mollie Star, Sean Holmes, Chris Hoff', and Mary Myllyla. Old Business Music Event-Kathy is trying to get a hold of. Johnny Homes, but we are looking into Chopper, or a battle of the bands. We can survey students through advisors to see what they want. The Chan Rec center looks like the pl~ace to hold it, sometime in 2. Ne~vspaper Article-the Chan paper is doing it the correct way. Sean has the article for Jan. 3. Agency Presentations-Keep your agency in the know 4. Involving youth-we will have a meeting Fri. 13th (ohhhh) 1't block if you can make it to "discuss" Christmas Caroling/Sleigh Ride-Mon. the 23rd at 6:00 is our first choice, or Sun. the 20th . We are trying to contact Rock Island, but if the sleigh ride doesn't work out we can have a gathering at someone's (Sean?) house after caroling. We can decide who will be in charge of food and beverages at the meeting on Fri. Morning. Mentoring Program-We would like more student involvement--there is a meeting on Thurs. the 12m at 1:30 p.m. The pilot project in which 8-12 8th graders will be mentored with two high school students and one adult is expected to get underway in Feb. Next year it is hoped to have a mentor for every 8m and 9th grader. Community Service-We got the grant from Lutheran Brotherhood for shovels, rakes, etc. Thanks Jeanne! We want to set up a phone tree for calling each other to shovel. We will contact the people we raked for to see if they need shoveling assistance, and advertise in the paper. An announcement will be made at school asking for students who will shovel. 8. Letter to Ms. Cameron-Shannon wrote it, and all members signed it New Business Secret Santas-we drew names; don't forget to give your special someone a littl~'.?-,._..~ something on the 13th, the 20m, and when we carol. Drop it in Jeanne's oL~.6~ 2. Survey of high school students-we want to have a forum/speak-out ~aun ~omeume in Jan. during an options block 3. Photo/brief article in the paper- we want the world to see our smiling faces so that everyone knows who and what we are. Be at Jeanne's office Fri. 13th at 7:20 a.m. 4. Youth retreat-we want everyone to go! It is Jan. 26th & 27th, don't forget to give your name/info, to Jeanne ASAP. 5. The next meeting will be at christina's house on Jan. 12a at 6:00-7:30. Hopefully she will be a gracious hostess and remember to furnish us with beverages Things to do... You said you would, so make sure you don't forget! Christina-organize sleigh ride and caroling Mollie -make a flier for caroling/sleigh ride by Fri. Mort. 23 caroling at 6pm ~ sleigh ride at 8pm make a l~st for shoveling sign-up Chris -start organizing a shove!-a-thon with Mollie and Anna Sean-ask your parents about the Bonfire after caroling write the article for Teen Talk by DeC. 15 type up flier for caroling Mary-turn in articles from Sean calk to the Chaska adult rep. bring treats for the Jan. 12th meeting Anna-work on shoveling project Kathy-Music event-make up survey, talk with Dr. O'connell about it ~hannon-make announcements for shoveling and caroling Steve-Be a great Y.C. member Represent & recruit new members Have a fun, challenging, exciting, impacting life Find out what Mr. Geffert's middle name is /~/,o